Fantasy Book Recs for the Teen Girl

Who’s looking for clean teen fantasy for the teen girl?

I’ve read YA books each month and broken down their content for the last year and a half. Here are books I’d recommend for teens.

My criteria is that the romance is sweet with possibly an undescriptive kiss. There might be violence but it’s something you would not see in a PG-13 movie. Lastly, I found the story entertaining.

Here are my top reads:

Book Recommendations

This is about a world where color is magical and teens go away to a special boarding school.

Find Vivid here.

The dragons turn wicked. Get a front row seat into the team that battles these dragons.

Find Dawn of the Darkening here.

This is a Little Mermaid Retelling with its own twists. It’s clean and sweet.

Find To Break a Silence here.

A male protagonist and a dragon tell their epic story.

Find Magnify here.

The message is beautiful and there is no romance. It’s about a girl stuck between two fantasy worlds.

Find Red Fairy & Fox here.

Find Curse of the Midnight King here.

I normally don’t like books with fae, but this one kept me reading more. The fae have trickster characteristics.

Find Mortal Queens here.

The message is beautiful, and it is an immersive read in a Japanese-inspired fantasy world.

Find Saints and Monsters here.

Jeff Wheeler writes clean romance with themes I can get behind. You can read all the series connected to Muirwood, Kingfountain, and Harbinger, but start here.

Find The Queen’s Poisoner here.

This book is marketed as an adult book, but the author writes clean romance in a fantasy world. The protagonist is young.

Find Shadowcast here.

It’s a high fantasy world in a desert. Check out the author’s website for a free copy.

Find The God Heist here.

Of course, I couldn’t recommend fantasy without mentioning my own YA fantasy.

Find Unbetrothed here.

This is an assassin romantasy with a nice redemptive arc.

Find Ruthless here.

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Candice Yamnitz

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